A group of students from Schools of Engineering of KIIT University have been selected to participate in the prestigious Aero Design West 2013 competition to be held in California, USA from April 12 – 14, 2013. This international competition is organized by SAE International in collaboration with organizations such as NASA and Lockheed Martin. Teams from reputed universities from across the world are participating.
They have designed and built an aircraft from balsa wood, whose combined length, width and height is 225 inches, weight is less than three and half kg and it can carry a payload of around 10 kg. This aircraft is powered by an internal combustion engine. The aircraft can fly up to a height of one thousand feet, while it flies with 120 Km/h. Read Full News